When electric vehicles began rolling off assembly lines in appreciable quantities there were concerns about how they would affect electric grids. Among those worries was that large numbers of EVs charging at one time in a neighborhood could...

A lot of transportation planning involves figuring out how to get cars off the road. Typically, that’s about getting cars off the road for good by moving commuters into transit or other forms of shared transportation.But cities shouldn’t overlook...

It's not a big surprise: mass transit ridership has been dropping off in recent years, particularly for buses and light rail, in many cities in the U.S. It's discouraging for cities that envision becoming smart cities to find that one of their...

Whenever I participate in working groups at our Readiness Workshops, I usually hear a lot of conversation around data. But by itself, data is just a series of numbers. Smart cities use analytics to turn data into compelling stories.We’re not talking...

India’s growing economy means rising demand for water in an already water-stressed country. Despite being common, water is scarce. Tens of hundreds of villages and towns in India run out of water annually partly due to harsh weather conditions, and...

India today faces a major challenge in terms of having a macro level planning. The futuristic idea of integrated multi-modal transport cannot be realised unless different departments start coming together. Instead of designing transportation...

Two weeks ago, we launched our first Policy Primer of the year titled Digital Built Australia. It is part of a series of similar documents we will publish this year to highlight important policy issues we believe need to be advanced in the lead up...

New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) Smart City has already issued tenders for seven projects and work orders for 14 projects, while work has been completed on 32 projects. “DPRs have been approved for the commercial development of Yashwant...